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Accessing UEFI UpdateCapsule from the operating system runtime
"Accessing UEFI from the operating system runtime" http://vzimmer.blogspot.com/2012/12/accessing-uefi-form-operating-system.html represents my most frequently accessed blog posting. In fact I scrawled...
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The march of time
As I read https://community.infoblox.com/t5/IPv6-CoE-Blog/Where-Are-You-On-The-IPv6-Adoption-Curve/ba-p/11116, I couldn't help but think of the progression of IPV6 support in UEFI.We compared the...
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Open platforms and 21 or Anniversary.Next^6
This covers my 6th blog aligned with my work anniversary, a successor to http://vzimmer.blogspot.com/2017/02/this-one-is-for-20-or-anniversarynext5.html. I always mean to post this on the anniversary...
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system firmware past / present / future
From the evening event at the living history museum https://livingcomputers.org/for UW alumni https://www.cs.washington.edu/ I snapped a few photos.Beginning with a working Xerox Altoand continuing...
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The march of time
Driving home from Intel Hillsboro Friday night I took a small detour through DuPont, WA. Typically night fall precludes seeing the old campus, but given the summertime extended days, I took a...
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East, and further east
Since I last blogged the Open Compute Project Open System workstream https://www.opencompute.org/files/2018OCP-OSF-OpenEDKII-Workstream.pdf has continued to evolve...
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Ghosts of....
Ghosts of GUID's past. This post, like, many of my recent ones, walks backward in time. Recent events usually stir these memories. If you're not such a fan old these mutterings, I'd pass on this...
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API's, Sandbox's, and 400
As with my blog entries of late, below are some random thoughts based upon readings or events. To begin I came across the article https://arxiv.org/pdf/1801.05198.pdf that made me think about the...
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STM, Mu, Chaos
This should be my last blog of 2019, so I'll keep it short.I just wanted to note a couple of news items on the SMI Transfer Monitor which I long ago noted in...
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Tiano, '147, and 22 or Anniversary.Next^7
This covers my 7th blog aligned with my work anniversary, a successor to http://vzimmer.blogspot.com/2018/03/open-platforms-and-21-or.html. I'm now passing the 22 year milestone.I try to land this...
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another meta-blog, no runtime, and a taste of Rust
I hate to blog about blogs, but I wanted to mention https://www.jsnover.com/blog/2011/10/16/on-becoming-a-senior-technical-individual-contributor/#more-49 and...
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modern, red, rust, retire
I have been on the road for a few weeks, but I'm happily back in town for the memorial day weekend. Some of the notable stops on my trek have included a nearby visit to the UEFI Plugfest to talk about...
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Evolving infrastructure takes time
There are many truisms you learn after working a while, such as the reality of meetings https://twitter.com/MichaelCarusi/status/1149162281294581761 (although I hear some people perennially relish...
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Formal, Erdős, Rings, and SMM
This blog is a mix of a few topics. To begin, I have always been on the outlook for how to scale quality via tools http://vzimmer.blogspot.com/2013/12/better-living-through-tools.html, if possible. I...
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Beware experts, Beware Disruptors
This blog entry hearkens back to a tale of expertise versus disruption. The scene is DuPont, WA in the late 1990's. Prior to Tiano (2000+) there was an effort to write a BIOS from scratch in the...
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10 years on and a small exercise in package dependencies
This post marks the 10th anniversary of my first blog posting https://vzimmer.blogspot.com/2009/12/good-reading-on-firmware-uefi.html. It also represents the 80th post.Since a blog entry whose sole...
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rust, oxide, corrosion,....
Miguel de Icaza (@migueldeicaza)12/12/19, 8:01 PMAll of us writing C and C++ are living on borrowed time. The only safe future is Rust. Prepare your code to go out of scope. inspired me last night to...
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Feedback, tech talks, 23 or Anniversary.Next^8
This covers my 8th blog aligned with my work anniversary, a successor to https://vzimmer.blogspot.com/2019/02/tiano-147-and-22-or-anniversarynext7.html. I've now passed the 23 year milestone.I try to...
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Silicon valley, innovation, and logos
As we near the end of SeptemberOctober I realize that I haven't updated this blog in a bit. Sometimes my entries are inspired by recent events or material I bump into, such as...
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Different boot and testing schemes
In the news, interesting to see the details of the M1-based Apple devices. As a firmware person, I was curious about how the machines boot. They mention the omission of bootcamp...
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